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Knowledge Base and Community Platform Development Services

That's not six wins. That's one win, six times. We're the team you call when the KB you bought off the shelf has failed and you want one built by people who'll still be here next year.

Six platforms, one customer

  • 01Platform A · Knowledge Base

    Multi-product, version-aware routing, Algolia search.

  • 02Platform B · Customer Forum

    Moderation queue, reputation system, email-digest design.

  • 03Platform C · Partner Portal

    Role-aware content visibility: partner vs customer vs public.

  • 04Platform D · Release Notes

    Version-tagged, product-line-filtered, deep-linkable.

  • 05Platform E · Support Console

    Internal-only ticket to KB-article candidate workflow.

  • 06Platform F · Public Docs

    Search-optimised, role-aware, schema-validated.

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Knowledge base and community platform problems we solve

Custom Knowledge Base Development Services We Provide

01

Search relevance past 200 articles

Default WP search dies above 200 articles. Tag-based discovery breaks at the same scale. Algolia, Elastic or Meilisearch with custom relevance tuning per content type.

02

Version- and product-aware routing

Same article applies to Product A v3 but not v4. The URL structure has to handle that without breaking SEO. Multi-product, version-tagged content tree.

03

Role-aware content visibility

Partner content vs customer content vs public content, gated cleanly. URL design that doesn't expose what's hidden. SSO bridges to identity provider.

04

Editorial workflow

Who owns each article. When it needs review. How it moves from staging to production. Review queues, drafts, scheduling, archive lifecycle.

05

Forum moderation

Moderation queues, spam control, reputation systems, notification design, the email digest. WP, bbPress, BuddyPress or Discourse, chosen per use case, not by default.

06

Ticket to KB feedback loop

Every closed support ticket is a KB-article candidate. The hook between Zendesk, Intercom or Help Scout and the KB editorial workflow is where most KBs quietly stagnate.

The KB maturity ladder

Knowledge Base Maturity: From FAQ Page to Support Platform

Five rungs from FAQ page to closed-loop knowledge system. Each rung labelled with the typical company stage and the engineering effort to climb to it.

5

KB + forum + support-loop closed

Enterprise · multi-product · multi-role

12 to 24+ weeks

4

Multi-product, version-aware KB

Series B+ · multiple SKUs

8 to 14 weeks

3

KB with Algolia or Elastic search

Growth · 200+ articles

4 to 8 weeks

2

WP-based KB with default search

Early-stage · under 200 articles

1 to 3 weeks

1

Static FAQ page

Pre-product · under 20 questions

Days

Good fit if

When the support team is drowning

  • Post-Series-B SaaS companies whose support team is drowning in tickets
  • Operators with 500+ KB articles where default WP search has visibly stopped working
  • Multi-product companies needing version-aware article routing without breaking SEO
  • Teams running a KB + forum + customer portal as one product surface

Probably not a fit

We'll point you to a faster option

  • Small KBs (under 100 articles) where a notion.so or HelpScout Docs subscription is faster
  • Forums where Discourse, Circle or Slack Connect would just work, we'd recommend them
  • Sites with no plan for who owns editorial after launch

Sister content-platform engagement: custom LMS development. The KB sits on custom WordPress or Sanity depending on scale. Reporting and the ticket to KB pipeline often live alongside internal tooling.

Stack we ship on

Chosen per use case, not by default.

CMS
WordPress · bbPress · custom · Sanity / Next.js for greenfield
Search
Algolia · Elastic · Meilisearch · custom relevance tuning per content type
Forum
bbPress · BuddyPress · Discourse (SSO bridge) · custom Node platform
Identity
WP SSO · Auth0 · Cognito · custom JWT bridges to support systems
Support hook
Zendesk · Intercom · Help Scout · custom ticket to KB candidate pipeline

One platform is a project. Six platforms with the same customer is a partnership.

If the support team is drowning

Bring the article count and the ticket volume. We'll show you the next rung.

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